9/30/2014

Monday's Reminders:

The E-learn Assignment and Chapter Test for Chapter 6 are due Friday. 

Lorax assignments are due Wednesday.
Extra Credit creative writing opportunities.

The Population assignment is due Tuesday, 10/1

Today's notes from class

9/18/2013
Remind101 is a way to get text message reminders about assignments.

Today's lecture was mostly about cognitive dissonance, which is something you experience when there is a difference between what you and what you need to know, I call that, panic-in-the-disco.

This feeling is one of the first things you'll notice in college, and it's a GREAT thing. It means your growing, and stretching your knowledge base!!!

When you feel this way it is important that you:

1. Take a deep breath, and smile.
2. Start to break the task down into manageable parts. 
3. Seek out the knowledge you need to fill in the gaps.
4. Go to your professor/teacher and ask for help. 

I am here every morning at 8:00 am. I don't leave until 5:00. If you need help come see me. If I'm busy with something or someone...keep trying. 

I love everyone equally, but time is precious. BE PERSISTENT. It is the best strategy:

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge 
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/persistence.html#FbqjwzBZSl6rTuGc.99 

9/17/2013

Some notes about the Calorimeter Lab:

Lab Report Template

Title:

•  a brief, concise, yet descriptive title (The Effect of the IV on the DV)

Statement of the Problem:

•  What question(s) are you trying to answer? 
• Is there a relationship between biodiversity and primary production?
• Include any preliminary observations or background information about the subject
• Terms to explain: biodiversity, primary productivity, biomass (Chapter 3)
• pg 87: http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/connect/hmEBook.do?setTab=sectionTabs 
•  Simpson's Diversity Index

Hypothesis: (If IV then DV)

• Write a possible solution for the problem.
• I
• Make sure this possible solution is a complete sentence.
• Make sure the statement is testable, an if-then statement is recommended to illustrate what criteria will support your hypothesis (and what data would no support the hypothesis).

Materials:

• Make a list of ALL items used in the lab. Alternatively, materials can be included as part of the procedure.

Procedure:

•  Write a paragraph (complete sentences) which explains what you did in the lab as a short summary.
•  Add details (step-by-step) of your procedure in such a way that anyone else could repeat the experiment.

Results (Data):

•  This section should include any data tables, observations, or additional notes you make during the lab. 
•  You may attach a separate sheet(s) if necessary.
•  All tables, graphs and charts should be labeled appropriately.

Conclusions:

•  Accept or reject your hypothesis.
•  EXPLAIN why you accepted or rejected your hypothesis using data from the lab.
•  Include a summary of the data - averages, highest, lowest..etc to help the reader understand your results. Try not to copy your data here, you should summarize and reference KEY information.
•  List one thing you learned and describe how it applies to a real-life situation. 
•  Discuss possible errors that could have occurred in the collection of the data (experimental errors)

Free Response Question Practice

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap03_frq_environ_sci_23122.pdf

Reading Timeline for Environmental Science

 

AP Environmental Science Timeline

2013-2014

First Semester

Textbook: Environmental Science: A Global Concern,

                        12^th E, Cunningham & Cunningham

 This is Week Four. We will start in Chapter 4 and pick up the missing chapters during our breaks.

Chapter	Topics	Timeline (weeks)	2009 – 2010 Dates	Essays	College Board Themes
	First Six Weeks				II. The Living World (10 – 15%)
1, 2	Environmental Sustainability	1 weeks
3	Ecosystems			2003 #1, 2003 #3	LW – A. Ecosystem Structure
3	How ecosystems work Hydrolytic cycle	2 weeks		2008 #3	LW – B. Energy Flow LW – E. Natural Biogeochemical Cycles
4	Communities and Succession	1 week			LW – D. Natural Ecosystem Change
5	Ecosystem evolution, Ecosystem resources	2 week	24 days Ends Sept. 27		LW - C. – Ecosystem Diversity
	Second Six Weeks			1998 #4	III. Population (10 – 15%)
6	Human Populations	3 weeks		2003 #2, 2003 #4	P – A. Population Biology Concepts
7	Population development			2000 #3, 2000 #4	P – B.  Population size, growth, dynamics
11, 12	Wild Species, Protection	3 weeks		2001 #2, 2008 #4	GC – C. Loss of Diversity
12, 13	Public and Private land use		28 days Ends Nov. 8		IV. Land and Water Use (10 – 15%) LWU – B/F. Forestry, Fishing
22	Sustainability and Urban Sprawl				LWU – D. Urban, Federal, Public Land Use
	Third Six Weeks				I. Earth Systems and Resources (10 – 15%)
14	Geology,	2 weeks			ES - A. Earth Science Concepts – Geological time
10	Soils and soil ecosystems			2004 #4	ES - D. Soil and Soil Dynamics
9	Food distribution, hunger	1 week			LWU – A/C  Agriculture, Rangelands
19	Nonrenewable resources, fossil fuels, electrical power production, mining coal	3 week	27 Days Ends Dec. 20	2005 #3, 2005 #4 2002 #2 2001 #1, 2000 #1 1998 #1,	V. Energy Resources & Consumption (10 – 15%) ERC – A/B  Energy Concepts, Consumption ERC – E. Hydroelectric Power ERC – C.  Fossil Fuel Resources and Use LWU – E. Mining for Coal
19	Nuclear power			1998 #2	ERC – D. Nuclear Power

 

 

 

Second Semester

 

	Fourth Six Weeks
20	Renewable Energy Solar, Wind, Water Energy			2004 #2, 1999 #2 2006 #1, 2002 #1	ERC – F. Energy Conservation, hybrid cars ERC – G. Renewable Energy
17	Water Resources	3 weeks		2007 #2, 2009 #3	I. Earth Systems and Resources (10 – 15%)
18	Water pollution			2001 #4, 2004 #1	ES – C. Global Water Resources and Use
15	The Atmosphere	3 weeks	32 Days Ends Feb.21	2002 #4, 2007 #3 1999 #1, 2002 #1	VII. Global Change (10 – 15%) GC – A. Stratospheric Ozone GC – B. Global Warming ES - B. The Atmosphere
16	Atmospheric pollution			1999 #3, 2001 #3	VI. Pollution (25 – 30%)
				2007 #4, 2006 #2 2009 #1, 1998 #3	PO – A. Pollution Types: Air, Noise, Water, Land PO – B. Impacts on the Environment / Health PO – C. Economic Impacts
	Fifth Six Weeks			2008 #2,
8	Risk assessment, Environmental hazards	3 weeks		2004 #1, 2005#1, 2006 #4	PO – B/C.  Human health, risk analysis
10, 4, 5	Pesticides, pest control			2002 #3,1999 #4,	LWU – A. Agriculture, controlling pests
21	Solid / Hazardous waste, disposal	3 weeks	2000 #2	2004 #3, 2005 #2	PO – A. Pollution Types, solid waste
21	Waste disposal, hazardous chemicals			2007 #1, 2006 #3	PO – B. Human health, chemical biomagnification
23, 24	Environmental Economics		34 days	2008 #1, 2009 #4	LWU – G. Global Economics
			Ends April 18		P – B. Human population, economic effects
	Sixth Six Weeks
	Review for AP Exam – Essay Writing	2 weeks

AP Environmental Science - College Board Themes

 

I.  Earth Systems and Resources (ES)	V. Energy Resources and Consumption (ERC)
II. The Living World (LW)	VI. Pollution (PO)
III. Population (P)	VII. Global Change (GC)
IV. Land and Water Use (LWU)